Table 4 Mean (standard deviation) of food groups scores according to the total DDS tertiles of pre-pregnancy and third trimester of gestation of studied mothers

grain score^a,b,c

0.92 (0.25)

1.07 (0.24)

1.15 (0.23)

< 0.001

0.66 (0.23)

0.79 (0.22)

0.98 (0.26)

< 0.001

vegetable score^a,b,c

0.65 (0.30)

0.91 (0.29)

1.12 (0.29)

< 0.001

0.55 (0.38)

0.78 (0.33)

1.04 (0.32)

< 0.001

meet score^a,b,c

0.21 (0.28)

0.45 (0.33)

0.76 (0.38)

< 0.001

0.51 (0.38)

0.88 (0.39)

1.11 (0.40)

< 0.001

dairy score^a,b,c

0.71 (0.53)

1.01 (0.48)

1.40 (0.43)

< 0.001

0.72 (0.51)

1.18 (0.42)

1.64 (0.39)

< 0.001

fruit score^a,c

1.76 (0.52)

1.98 (0.13)

2.00 (0.00)

< 0.001

1.13 (0.68)

1.84 (0.35)

1.96 (0.17)

< 0.001